Chapter Thirteen: Emperor Yang Shoucheng
While there was still some time in the afternoon, Cheng Yu'an took Huang Ke and Qin Ranqiu, accompanied by people from the Yindu Agency, to go out to see the scenery.
The story of "Sniper Phone Booth" takes place on a busy street, and Hong Kong Island is full of such scenes.
The crux of the issue is whether the crew can get approval to film on the street.
If possible, Cheng Yuan even wanted to shoot directly in Central, but Lin Bingkun told Cheng Yuan to stop this idea.
Hong Kong Island movies have fully influenced the 1980s generation, and the three of them were taken by Lin Bingkun to visit the filming locations of many memorable Hong Kong movies.
Temple Street, Yau Ma Tei Police Station, Central Mid-Levels Escalator, Chungking Mansions, Canton Road...
The three of them played and watched, and the final filming location was between Nathan Road and Canton Road in Tsim Sha Tsui where Chungking Mansions is located.
Both places are very prosperous and both are very emotional filming locations.
"Chungking Express" is on Nathan Road, and "Sweetie" is on Canton Road.
The last three adopted an extremely fair method to make their choice: tossing a coin.
Choose Nathan Road for the front side and Canton Road for the back side.
"Best of two in three games, best of three in five games, or best of four in seven games?" Huang Ke asked.
"What a grind, the outcome will be determined by one hand!" Cheng Yu'an thrust the coin into Cheng Lingfeng's hand and asked her to throw it away.
Cheng Lingfeng threw the coin high and slapped it on the table.
front!
Nathan.
"It's destiny, it's decided on Nathan Road." Cheng Yu'an put away the coins.
Didi didi~~
The phone on the bedside of the hotel rang, and Cheng Yuan picked up the phone:
"Hello."
"Mr. Cheng, I am the front desk of the hotel. There is a lady who wants to see you."
"Who is the other party?" Cheng Yu'an has no acquaintances in Hong Kong Island.
"The other person's surname is Lu, and he comes from Yinhuang Entertainment." The front desk said.
Cheng Yu'an thought for a moment, how could they know about him if he didn't contact Yin Huang.
"Okay, please come up, Ms. Lu."
After hanging up the phone, Cheng Yu'an said to Cheng Lingfeng: "Have you contacted Yinhuang?"
"No."
"Then how did they know we were coming and send someone to meet us?"
Everyone looked puzzled, and within five minutes, Miss Lu from Yinhuang appeared at the door.
"Hello, Director Cheng, hello Mr. Cheng." Miss Lu shook hands with everyone and explained the reason directly without any sloppiness. "Mr. Yang would like to invite you two to have tea together tomorrow afternoon. The location is set to be at Mr. Yang's house in Repulse Bay.
Please be sure to appreciate it, both of you."
After saying this, Miss Lu solemnly handed over an invitation.
A very old-school and solemn approach.
The aunt and nephew were puzzled. They didn't think they had such a big reputation that Yang Shoucheng invited them.
Cheng Lingfeng asked: "We don't know Mr. Yang, this..."
Miss Lu smiled and said: "Mr. Yang said that he and Mr. Cheng Sansheng are old friends. I don't know anything else."
The aunt and nephew looked at each other and understood instantly. Cheng Yu'an took the invitation and said politely: "Thank you, Miss Lu. Please go back and tell Mr. Yang that we will definitely visit tomorrow."
"Thank you, I won't disturb you." Miss Lu left as quickly as she came.
Qin Ranqiu took the invitation from Cheng Yu'an and read it: "There are still people writing invitations now? It's formal enough."
"Why did Yang Shoucheng invite you two?"
"I don't know, we don't know Yang Shoucheng."
"Then who is Cheng Sansheng?"
"My great grandfather." Cheng Yu'an said.
"My uncle" this is Cheng Lingfeng.
"Huh, does your family even know a big shot like Yang Shoucheng?"
Cheng Yu'an glared at him: "How do we know about my uncle? You go back and rest first. I will discuss something with Lingfeng."
After sending Huang Ke and Qin Ranqiu away, Cheng Yuan asked puzzledly: "How did the uncle know Yang Shoucheng?"
"I'll call my uncle and ask." Cheng Lingfeng said and took out the phone.
"It's still night over there, so don't disturb him. Just go and see him tomorrow."
In the afternoon of the next day, Yang Shoucheng sent a special car to pick up Cheng Yu'an and Cheng Lingfeng at the door of the hotel.
The two got in the car and drove away quickly.
"That car just now belongs to Yang Sheng, right?"
"It seems that Yang Sheng came to this hotel?"
"What I saw seemed to be Yang Sheng coming to pick up someone, two young people."
"Two Yankees?"
…
Repulse Bay is located to the south of Victoria Peak. It is surrounded by mountains and rivers and has beautiful scenery. This has also made it a famous luxury residential area on Hong Kong Island. Many bigwigs on Hong Kong Island have purchased properties here.
"This environment is good. When the time comes, I will bring my grandfather here to take care of him in his old age." Cheng Yu'an said.
"The second uncle (Grandpa Cheng Yu'an) doesn't like this kind of environment. He just thinks it's too noisy and chaotic." Cheng Lingfeng said with a smile.
Cheng Yuan thought for a while and said, "That's right."
The driver in the front row secretly curled his lips and thought: "I didn't expect Yang Sheng's guest to be such an arrogant person. He doesn't even like Repulse Bay, and thinks that Repulse Bay is too noisy and chaotic. That's what Yankees are like.
Yankee."
About half an hour later, the two arrived at the Yang family villa in Repulse Bay.
This invitation does not count as a formal meal, but only for afternoon tea, purely for casual conversation.
The weather is good today, so Yang Shoucheng arranged afternoon tea in his garden.
Yang Shoucheng is 59 years old and in good spirits. He is sitting in the garden reading a book in casual clothes.
Tea and fruit snacks have been placed on the table.
Seeing Cheng Yu'an and the others arriving, Yang Shoucheng stood up and said with a smile: "Come on, come on, please come inside."
Cheng Yu'an actually had a good impression of Yang Shoucheng. Apart from being lecherous, there was nothing wrong with him.
But ask yourself, if it were another man sitting in his position, it would be difficult to guarantee that he would be able to keep himself clean.
Therefore, in the entertainment industry, personal problems have never been a big problem.
Cheng Lingfeng responded: "Mr. Yang, you came here unexpectedly, but please accept your kindness."
Cheng Lingfeng presented the gift, and Yang Shoucheng accepted it with a smile.
The three of them took their seats, and Yang Shoucheng waved his hand to let the irrelevant people wait out: "Let us talk, you don't come in."
Yang Shoucheng then said: "How are you doing, brother from three provinces?"
Cheng Lingfeng smiled and said: "Everything is going well for my uncle in the UK. When I contacted him last night, he even asked me to say hello to you on his behalf."
Although they were polite words, Yang Shoucheng was still very impressed by them and said with a smile: "After all, we are all ladies, much better than the few in my family. Speaking of which, my brother from three provinces and I met in the UK, and now we are dozens of
Years have passed. I am getting old. How about this year, brother from three provinces?"
"Uncle is 77."
"Yeah, just in the blink of an eye..." The old man seemed to be particularly sad about his age. Yang Shoucheng paused and said with a smile, "Look at me, today is a happy day. You should say happy words. Come on, come on, this pineapple bun is delicious.
Come."
The three of them were eating and talking, and the atmosphere was very harmonious. Yang Shoucheng suddenly turned the topic to Cheng Yuan:
"I heard that Yu'an is looking for a distributor for your movie in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia? Don't look for anyone else, just give it to us. In terms of film distribution capabilities, I'm not bragging. Who in Southeast Asia has the strength of Yinwang?
"
"Of course, if the Sound King joins, our film will be even more powerful. Thank you, Mr. Yang."
Nowadays, Hong Kong films are in decline, and film companies are having a hard time. The only ones with the strongest capabilities on the island are Yinwang and Boss Xiang’s Huaxia Star.
But Cheng Yu'an doesn't really want to deal with Boss Xiang. Although his external image has always been very good after being cleaned up, Cheng Yu'an still can't get over it in his heart.
What happened next was much simpler. The three of them had an afternoon tea for more than an hour or two. Yang Shoucheng originally wanted to stay with his aunt and nephew for dinner, but they left anyway:
"The preparations for the movie are at a critical period. I don't want to waste too much time. I will come to Hong Kong Island often in the future, so I am not in a hurry for this meal."
Cheng Lingfeng flew back to the capital on an overnight flight. Her mission in Hong Kong Island had been completed, and the company still had a lot of things waiting for her to deal with.
Cheng Yu'an, Qin Ranqiu and Huang Ke stayed on Hong Kong Island, and they wanted to determine the actors on Hong Kong Island.
The main roles have been divided up by Cheng Yu'an in the mainland, and Cheng Yu'an doesn't have much control over the remaining three melons and two dates. Fortunately, he delegates power to Yindu Agency and Yingyi Entertainment.
Finally, we stayed in Hong Kong Island for another two days and confirmed the remaining actors:
The most important police captain is played by Simon Yam;
The pizza delivery boy is played by Simon Yam’s friend Lin Xue;
As for several skilled women and chicken heads, Cheng Yu'an didn't know them and didn't remember their names.
Chapter completed!